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Compilation of the record-breaking flight and various test flights, illustrating the first solo, round the world, non stop, and non refuelled flight. The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer was designed by Burt Rutan and built by Scaled Composites. It was piloted by Steve Fossett who took off from Salina, Kansas on 28th Febraury 2005 for the 67 hour flight.
Betweeen February 7, 2006 -- February 11, 2006, Fossett and GlobalFlyer set a record for the longest flight in history: 26,389.3 miles.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: October 14, 2006 at 7:52 am
Author: BrunoTheQuestionable

Length: 00:07:33
Rating: 4.55
Views: 32966

Tags: Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Steve Fossett Burt Rutan Richard Branson

Video Comments:
elaineflaxbeard (October 15, 2008 at 5:19 pm)
what is the gas mileage
tayloreasley (October 6, 2008 at 12:12 am)
I watched it land at SLN
thijselzc (October 4, 2008 at 8:15 pm)
way to go Steve! too bad your not here anymore buddy
TomCorten (October 4, 2008 at 2:39 pm)
Great video about the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer... what is the name ofthe song in the video?
TomCorten (October 4, 2008 at 2:37 pm)
yes there is fuel in
papercut67 (July 30, 2008 at 7:07 am)
I'm with the jerk - unlimited resources, been done before, solo or not. golf clap.
kanellas27 (October 3, 2008 at 11:00 pm)
hey show some respect for the man.GOD..
micahspeaks (July 21, 2008 at 9:08 pm)
that took off where i live!!! i saw it
ssgtakeo (July 15, 2008 at 4:24 am)
Actually it's a completely new design. The same designer, Burt Rutan did it so there are a lot of similarities. Overall it's got less drag and is a more reliable design than Voyager so he outdid himself.

Let's not forget that this was a SOLO flight as well.
lyianx (April 27, 2008 at 4:21 pm)
wow.. kind of a jerk arnt you?

Yes, the Voyager did fly around the world, but there are big differences between the two.

1.) Voyager had 2 pilots, GF had 1
2.) Voyager was a piston engine (2 i think), GF was a single jet.

Sure its not as big of a leap as Voyager was, but its still a jump. And remember the GF and Voyager were both designed by Burt, so of course they look similar. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.